I just noticed it too. The first random matchup it spit out for me was Lanny McDonald vs. Rick Nash.

Definitely looks like something fun to do when I'm bored, though seeing Vanbiesbrouck and Vokoun ahead of Smith, Bower and Fuhr in their goalie ratings doesn't seem right. Plus the current ratings for Howie Morenz (#25) and Eddie Shore (#34) doesn't bode well for early players getting their due.

Edit: OK, I've just spent about a hour on this thing. Very addictive, though I had to go through dozens of less-than-stellar matchups (i.e. Glen Hanlon vs. Patrick Lalime, Mike Keane vs. Willi Plett) before I got my first "marquee match" (Coffey vs. Yzerman).

I imagine that after a couple of weeks the list will smooth itself out and be an accurate reflection of the fans choices of the best players ever. Much like IMDB's top 250 movie list is the most popular movies of all-time according to their users, but it's not really the 250 best movies ever.

I love the idea behind this and it's also fun and addictive. My issue would be how awful and how much weight it put behind the starting rankings.

I'm curious if someone around here could duplicate this somehow with much better starting rankings for just the HOH to use. I think it could be a great, rough, constantly updated "top xxxx" player list. (the hockeyreference one could be too, but it'd take a good while to get the rankings to where the yshould be)

Hasek's numbers have taken a hit since this started. Looks like the haters are out in force.

Brodeur hasn't been able to break into the top 5 either. It looks like the uncontroversial guys (Roy, Plante) are doing well, and people are strategically voting against other goalies - at least Hasek, and maybe Brodeur.

They had Jagr 5th initially - since then I have seen Coffey, Yzerman and now Bourque.
Guys like Hull and Richard started off around 50th, but have made a good comeback.
Shore and Harvey did not even start in the Top 50.

Hasek's numbers have taken a hit since this started. Looks like the haters are out in force.

Brodeur hasn't been able to break into the top 5 either. It looks like the uncontroversial guys (Roy, Plante) are doing well, and people are strategically voting against other goalies - at least Hasek, and maybe Brodeur.

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Hasek started out 1st and quickly dropped to now 7th.
There really is a lot of irrational views on him.

I dunno about ever hoping this system to be worthwhile. It weighs educated and uneducated votes exactly the same.

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The sheer amount of players at first annoyed me - who really cares where Manny Legace ends up, for instance - but on the positive side, it does ensure those with an agenda rarely get to exercise it. I've been hoping to help Hasek out, but his name has not come up a single time for me.